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News and Trends 24 Jan 2023

Funding for university to develop new motor neuron disease therapies

Medical research charity LifeArc, the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND Association) and the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation have jointly awarded £1 million ($1.2 million) to researchers at University College London (UCL) to progress two pioneering new therapies that could help transform the lives of those living with motor neuron disease (MND). The research grants are […]

January 24, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jan 2023

DeuterOncology closes financing round to start lung cancer study

DeuterOncology, a clinical-stage drug development company, has closed €5.65 million ($6.1 million) series A financing, to start the phase I clinical study for its lead product DO-2, an improved MET kinase inhibitor currently being developed as a potential best-in-class targeted therapy for lung cancer. The financing included participation from historical investor Newton Biocapital and new […]

January 20, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jan 2023

Brenus Pharma and InSphero bag €1.5M for next-generation cancer cell immunotherapy

Brenus Pharma and InSphero AG have received a €1.5 million grant for the collaborative project “STC-1010: A First-in-Class Allogeneic Cell Vaccine Against Cancer,” which aims to use 3D cell culture to develop a novel cell immunotherapy for colorectal cancer. Funding was provided by the Eurostars fund, a support mechanism for small and medium-sized enterprises under […]

January 20, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Jan 2023

Pathalys Pharma brings in $150M for SHPT trials

Pathalys Pharma, Inc. and Launch Therapeutics (Launch Tx) have announced a collaboration to advance phase 3 clinical trials for upacicalcet (designated PLS240 for clinical trials) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients on hemodialysis. Launch Therapeutics is backed by funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and its life sciences franchise Abingworth. Pathalys […]

January 19, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Jan 2023

BioInvent receives funding for blood cancer treatments

BioInvent International AB has been selected as partner of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Therapy Acceleration Program (LLS TAP). The program is aimed at advancing the company’s program to treat blood cancers. The partnership will include access to the scientific, clinical and drug development expertise of LLS as well as a strategic capital equity investment […]

January 18, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 18 Jan 2023

Vésale Bioscience receives €1.8M grant for AMR phage project

Belgian company Vésale Bioscience has received €1.8 million ($1.9 million) in grants from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Fund for its PhageDiag project, a phagogram using artificial intelligence that enables decentralized diagnostics and personalized treatment. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top 10 global public health […]

January 18, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 17 Jan 2023

Multus Biotechnology closes $9.5M funding to bring cultivated meat closer to price parity

Multus Biotechnology Limited, a U.K.-based start-up creating ingredients for the affordable scale-up of cellular agriculture, has completed a £7.9 million ($9.5 million) funding round led by Mandi Ventures. Other investors include SOSV, Big Idea Ventures and SynBioVen, alongside Asahi Kasei, a global company that contributes to a sustainable society by tackling evolving challenges in materials, […]

January 17, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

ExeVir Bio secures funding for COVID program

ExeVir Bio, a Belgian biotech company developing nanobody therapies for broad protection against infectious diseases, has secured a venture debt financing agreement of up to €25 million ($26.5 million) with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB financing will help advance ExeVir Bio’s lead asset, XVR012, into clinical trials for COVID-19. ExeVir Bio’s COVID-19 development […]

January 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

ErVaccine raises €4.5M to start therapeutic cancer vaccine trial

ErVaccine Technologies, announces the closing of a €4.5 million ($4.8 million) seed round, including dilutive and non-dilutive funds, with Seventure and Bpifrance as part of the Aide au Développement de l’Innovation (ADI) program. ErVaccine is a biotech company and spin-off from the Centre Léon Bérard-Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, France, which develops next-generation […]

January 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Jan 2023

Actimed Therapeutics raises £10M for cancer cachexia treatment

Actimed Therapeutics Ltd has completed its second and final £5 million ($6 million) tranche of seed financing. The round was closed with an investment by Indian pharmaceutical company, Mankind Pharma, marking Mankind’s first overseas investment of this type. Actimed Therapeutics is a U.K. based clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovation to the […]

January 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 23 Dec 2022

Affibody signs €20 million loan agreement

Affibody Medical AB has received a €20 million ($21.2 million) venture debt loan facility from the European Investment Bank, EIB, backed by the InvestEU program. The investment will support Affibody’s research and development activities in Europe of the next-generation biopharmaceuticals targeting unmet medical needs in the immunology and oncology fields. “We are very pleased and […]

December 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Dec 2022

Ganymede Bio raises $12.75M for data platform

Ganymede Bio, the cloud infrastructure provider purpose-built for the life sciences and manufacturing industries, has announced a $12.75 million series A funding round, led by Caffeinated Capital. This follows a $2.9 million seed round completed earlier this year, bringing the total to more than $15.6 million. Founded in 2022, Ganymede Bio has exceeded $1 million […]

December 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Funding for university to develop new motor neuron disease therapies

DeuterOncology closes financing round to start lung cancer study

Brenus Pharma and InSphero bag €1.5M for next-generation cancer cell immunotherapy

Pathalys Pharma brings in $150M for SHPT trials

BioInvent receives funding for blood cancer treatments

Vésale Bioscience receives €1.8M grant for AMR phage project

Multus Biotechnology closes $9.5M funding to bring cultivated meat closer to price parity

ExeVir Bio secures funding for COVID program

ErVaccine raises €4.5M to start therapeutic cancer vaccine trial

Actimed Therapeutics raises £10M for cancer cachexia treatment

Affibody signs €20 million loan agreement

Ganymede Bio raises $12.75M for data platform

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